A staggering 95 percent of them expect Dodson to defeat the surging
newcomer in their preliminary flyweight bout at UFC
on Fox 3 “Diaz vs. Miller” on Saturday at the Izod Center in
East Rutherford, N.J. No other fighter on the 12-bout lineup has
greater support from the masses.

Dodson (12-5, 1-0 UFC) will carry a three-fight winning streak into
the cage. The 27-year-old Jackson’s
Mixed Martial Arts representative last appeared at “The
Ultimate Fighter 14” Finale in December, when he stopped
Team Alpha Male’s T.J.
Dillashaw on first-round punches at the Palms Casino Resort in
Las Vegas. One of the sport’s most gifted offensive fighters,
Dodson has secured seven of his 12 professional victories by
knockout, technical knockout or submission.

A late replacement for Darren
Uyenoyama, Elliott (8-2-1, 0-0 UFC) has rattled off eight wins
in a row. The 25-year-old Oklahoman last competed under the
Resurrection Fighting Alliance banner in March, when he needed just
28 seconds to render Josh Rave
unconscious with a brabo choke. Elliott has finished his last four
opponents, three of them inside one round.

Other Sherdog Pick’Em trends for the UFC on Fox 3 prelims:

• Nearly nine out of 10 users (89 percent) have picked “The
Ultimate Fighter” Season 13 winner Tony
Ferguson to take care of business against “The Ultimate
Fighter” Season 12 runner-up Michael
Johnson at 155 pounds. Ferguson has won six in a row and
remains unbeaten inside the Octagon;

• Englishman John
Hathaway has strong support in his welterweight showdown with
the undefeated Pascal
Krauss, having secured 88 percent of the vote from fantasy
players;

• Eight out of 10 participants believe Team Alpha Male’s Danny
Castillo will slow the rise of once-beaten Renzo Gracie
protégé John
Cholish. The 28-year-old Cholish will enter the Octagon on a
streak of eight consecutive victories;

• Despite his failure to make weight for his promotional debut,
former Jungle
Fight champion John
Lineker has been tapped as a strong favorite (69 percent) in
his flyweight tilt with the world-ranked Louis
Gaudinot. Lineker, who weighed in at 127 pounds and was fined
as a result, has won his past 13 fights, seven of them
finishes;

• Pablo
Garza will enter his featherweight bout with “The Ultimate
Fighter” Season 14 finalist Dennis
Bermudez as the man to beat, according to 67 percent of
players;

• Six out of 10 participants foresee another Nick Denis
victory in his bantamweight battle with Roland
Delorme. Denis dazzled in his promotional debut at UFC on FX 1
in January, as he wiped out Joseph
Sandoval with a series of savage standing elbows in just 22
seconds;

• New Jersey native Mike
Massenzio will walk into his 185-pound duel with Karlos
Vemola as a slight favorite, with the backing of 53 percent of
users.